World Cup 2018: Football showpiece set to begin in Russia
世界杯2018：俄罗斯足球盛宴即将开幕
The 2018 Fifa World Cup gets under way on Thursday when hosts Russia face Saudi Arabia following an opening ceremony at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.
2018年国际足联世界杯将于星期四开幕，届时东道主俄罗斯队将在开幕式后于卢奇尼基体育场迎战沙特阿拉伯队。
Football's showpiece event features 32 teams, including holders Germany, competing in 64 games over 32 days.
这场足球盛宴共有32支球队参加，包括上届冠军德国队。他们将在32天内进行64场比赛。
The 21st edition will be played out in 12 stadiums, across 11 cities, spread over 1,800 miles.
第一轮的比赛将在1800英里的范围内的11个城市的12座球场进行。
England, winners in 1966, are the only team from the home nations to qualify and start against Tunisia on 18 June.
1966年的冠军得主英格兰队是唯一一支主场赢球获得参赛资格的球队，他们将于6月18日迎战突尼斯队。
Germany, who defeated Argentina in the 2014 final, are looking to become the first team to win back-to-back World Cups since 1962, while Brazil seek a record-extending sixth world title.
在2014年世界杯决赛中战胜阿根廷队的德国队，期盼着成为1962年以来连续捧杯的第一支球队，而巴西则盼望着成为第六次夺冠的球队。
The month-long tournament is expected to attract one and a half million fans to Russia and an estimated global television audience of over three billion viewers.
这次长达一个月的比赛使俄罗斯迎来了约150万的球迷，而全球的电视观众将多达30亿人。
There are eight groups, each containing four teams, with the top two advancing to the last 16. The final takes place at the 81,000-capacity Luzhniki Stadium on 15 July (16:00 BST).
比赛分为8组，每组4支球队，前两名进入16强。决赛将于7月15日下午四点在能容纳八万一千名观众的卢奇尼基体育场进行。
Who will win the World Cup?
谁将获得冠军？
World Cup holders Germany, five-time winners Brazil, Euro 2016 winners Portugal, 2014 runners-up Argentina, Belgium, Poland and 1998 winners France are among the eight seeded teams.
八支种子球队里有上届冠军德国队，五届冠军巴西队，2016年欧洲杯冠军葡萄牙队，2014年世界杯亚军阿根廷队，比利时队，波兰队和1998年世界杯冠军法国队。
Hosts Russia are also seeded, even though they are the tournament's lowest-placed team - 70th - in Fifa's world rankings.
东道主俄罗斯队也是种子球队，尽管根据国际足联排名他们是世界杯赛排名最低的球队，第70名。
England, who have won only one of their past eight World Cup matches, are unseeded, as are 2010 champions Spain.
八次入围世界杯总决赛只拿一次冠军的英格兰队没有进入种子队。2010年世界杯冠军西班牙队也没有被选中。
Germany have reached at least the semi-finals in each of the past four editions of the competition and, after being the only team to progress through European qualifying with a 100% record, are expected to be in the shake-up again. They are in Group F with Mexico, Sweden and South Korea.
德国队在过去的四届比赛中都进入了半决赛，并且在欧洲赛区是以全胜战绩晋级总决赛的，他们期望着再次捧杯。他们被分在F组，另三只球队是墨西哥队，瑞典队和韩国队。
"Germany will be hunted like never before," said head coach Joachim Low. "Only us, as world champions, have anything to lose."
“德国将史无前例地被猎杀，”主教练Joachim Low说。只有我们，作为世界冠军，没有什么可损失的”
Brazil are the only nation to have appeared at every single World Cup but they have not won the tournament since 2002, while you have to go back to 1958 to the last time they won it on European soil.
巴西是唯一一支每次都进入总决赛的球队，但上次捧杯已经是在2002年了，而之前在欧洲的土地上捧杯已经是1958年的事了。
Yet the Brazilians will fancy their chances, particularly as Neymar, who cost a world record £200m when he moved from Barcelona to Paris St-Germain in August 2017, has returned to action after a broken foot.
但巴西队还是不想放弃这次机会，特别是内马尔，他在2017年8月从巴塞罗那转会到巴黎圣日耳曼队创下了两亿英镑的世界纪录。他在治好了脚伤后重返赛场。
Spain feature several Champions League winners from Real Madrid in their squad as they look to recapture the magic that saw them crowned world champions eight years ago and European champions in 2008 and 2012.
西班牙拥有联赛冠军皇家马德里队的几名队员，他们也希望重现8年前夺得世界杯冠军以及2008年和2012年夺得欧洲冠军的魔力再次捧杯。
Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo will be hoping for a first World Cup winners' medal after helping Portugal win Euro 2016, while Lionel Messi is hoping to win a first major trophy with Argentina.
与此同时，C罗在帮助葡萄牙夺得2016年欧洲冠军后也希望拿下他的第一块世界杯冠军奖牌，而里奥内尔·梅西则期盼着阿根廷队的第一块世界杯金牌。
France boast a young, exciting squad which includes 19-year-old forward Kylian Mbappe as well as a number of familiar Premier League names including Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba and Chelsea forward Olivier Giroud.
法国队是年轻的、富有激情的球队，他们拥有19岁的前锋基扬·姆巴佩，以及若干英超联赛名将。包括托特纳姆的门将雨果·洛里，曼联的中场保罗·博格巴和切尔西的前锋奥利维尔·吉鲁。
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